Historic German state election triumph for far-right AfD

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58 min agoExit polls showed the CDU received 18.5 per cent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, far behind the AfD's at least 44 per cent. The AfD, led by Ulrich Siegmund, could become the first far-right party to lead a state since 1945 if it secures an absolute majority or forms coalitions.

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1 h agoExit polls showed the Alternative for Germany scored its strongest result yet in Sunday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt, achieving a milestone for an extremist party at state level since World War Two. The AfD took 44% of the vote, striking at Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives, though it remained unclear whether the party had secured enough seats to form a government.

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3 h agoAfD leaders celebrated as exit polls projected a big lead in the Saxony-Anhalt vote. Ulrich Siegmund, polling in pole position to become state leader, said "everything is possible" and described the moment as seminal for the country.